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HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM
Since the academic year
2001-2, the Academic Center of Law & Business
has maintained a Program specializing exclusively
in the subject of human rights. The object of the
Program is to train lawyers with the special knowledge
and skills needed for the defence of human rights
- civil, social and collective - reflecting the increasing
need for lawyers committed to this field in today's
complex Israeli society.
Academic Director of the Human
Rights Program is Dr. Yossi Dahan.
Academic Director of the Human Rights Clinics
is Adv. Neta Dagan.
The Program aspires to train its participants
to take up key positions, both in the Israeli
Civil Service and in non-government organizations
(NGOs) that act to advance the issue in Israel.
For this purpose, the Program endeavours to give
its participants advanced training in the field of
human rights, both by providing a rich theoretical
knowledge, delivered by the top experts in the field
and by making available practical tools and increasing
the sensitivity of those students in the Program
to breaches of human rights, and especially with
the treatment of these predicaments. The final aim is achieved principally through participation
in practical workshops and courses. So, for example,
the students experience practical work in all types
of human rights issues - from individual applications
in "citizens' rights offices" in development towns
and areas of distress, for giving emergency assistance
in the area of domestic violence in the Family Division
Court, in Ramat Gan, to the students' participation
in struggles for policy change through petitions
to the High Court and the development of legislation
in the Knesset.
The practical workshops permit
experience in teamwork and techniques of dealing
with applicants whose rights have been infringed
(empowerment techniques). In addition, the students
participate in special conferences on the subject
organized by the college and in special projects
led by the college among people whose rights
have been violated in distressed areas throughout
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